Wofford Oil Co. v. David

Hutcheson, Justice.

Miss Julia Cleghorn Hill and A. B. David brought a petition for injunction against G. C. Kirkley individually and as executor of the estate of Mrs. Emy W. Kirkley, deceased, Wofford Oil Company of Georgia, and G. B. Dunagan, to restrain the Wofford Oil Company from erecting a filling-station in the City of Calhoun, Georgia. The petitioners alleged that the erection and maintenance of the filling-station would be a private nuisance, because there would be loud and obnoxious noises, the desirability and value of their residences would be lessened, the fire hazard would be…